An extensive, easy-to-read guide to growing healthy orchids again and again, perfect for beginners, as well as experts looking for new tricks.Orchids are more popular than ever but can be intimidating in their exotic beauty. In this start-to-finish guide, acclaimed orchid expert Bruce Rogers demystifies the growing process so you can watch your plants thrive and bloom year after year. The Orchid Whisperer outlines:· How to buy orchids: What to look...

A home grower's guide to growing orchid favorites at home.  Contains 16 original photos. 

It's Never Been Easier to Grow Orchids at HomeHave you heard that orchids are impossible to cultivate? Do you love orchids' exotic flowers but despair of ever having one survive in your home? Thing again! With simple instructions and straightforward advice from professional orchid grower Mary Carol Frier, you'll find that orchids can thrive on your home windowsill, rewarding you year after year with gorgeous blooms.What makes an orchid "easy care"? The six orchids featured in...

This is a quick and easy guide that covers everything you need to know to grow fabulous Phalaenopsis orchids. The authors, Beth Cox and Geraldine Powell, are the owners of The Orchid Gallery, an orchid nursery and ecommerce business located just outside Chattanooga, TN. Together they have more than fifty years experience in the orchid business. Now they have decided to pass their knowledge along in a series of non-technical, how-to-grow it articles. This is the first in that series.

Table of ContentsEssential Guide to OrchidsIntroductionCollecting OrchidsNatural ConditionsDivision of SpeciesTerrestrial orchids –Epiphytic Orchids –Cultivation of OrchidsCultivation of Orchids at High AltitudesPropagation of OrchidsBlossoming OrchidsMaking an Orchid HouseTypes of Popular Orchids VarietiesDendrobiumEpidendrumCattleyaBletiaVandaPhalaenopsis

Help your artistic talent bloom by capturing the beauty of flowers with your brushstrokes from realistic close-ups to impressionistic landscapes.From Agapanthus to Water Lily, this unique artist's reference provides easy-to-follow, plant-specific information on how to paint fifty of today's most popular flowers.• Learn to draw each basic flower shape and then paint a single detailed bloom• Gain full, practical guidance for painting each flower through ...

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"Would You Like To Know How To Grow The Most Amazing Orchids?" I received my very first orchid for my birthday one year and cherished the elegant plant for the two months that it bloomed. Then, when the petals fell off, I was heartbroken and thought that I had killed it with overindulgence or something. After consulting an expert at my local exotic plant store, I realized that with the proper care, my orchid would bloom again and again.

A brief overview of Orchids as they were collected and grown in the late 19th century.